The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will now prepare a list of do''s and don''ts for farmers.

Even as India and Pakistan deliberate on a 'corridor'' for Sikh pilgrims to pay obeisance at Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara.

Private-public business model aims to make saline water in south-west Punjab useful for fish farming, biogas, dairy farms and more.

Assessments reveal that this year''s crop susceptible to pest attack in March-April would be about 40 per cent less than last year''s

A Rs 9.5-cr ICAR project sanctioned to SKUAST aims at reviving the lucrative industry

Experts say that even if the weather turns unfavourable, the state may lose only 1 to 1.5 per cent of the crop and still be the highest wheat producing state this year

Tea mosquito bug is the most serious pest of cashew plantation.

With subsidy from govt, sugar factories have placed orders for harvesters from abroad.

SKUAST experts teach basics of organic farming to more than 200 farmers, encourage them to take it up on a larger scale

Decent rainfall, coupled with contract farming and govt policies, boosts wine production

World Economic Forum has chosen the state for its New Agriculture Initiative

Incessant rainfall and low temperatures have already caused 60-70% crop loss, likely to breed diseases too

With demand increasing and new schemes available for farmers, mushroom farming is picking up fast in Kashmir

Late rains make Punjab opt for more basmati while Haryana moves towards paddy varieties with assured minimum support price

A projected honey output over 500 tonnes, 7,500 beekeepers and growing, with 29,850 bee colonies between them. Beekeeping has been catching on in Jammu and Kashmir

In Damla, he began cultivating on his ancestral property of two acres and found it was his true calling.

Madhya Pradesh farmers fare better after picking up tricks of the trade from Punjabi settlers

Says horticulture booming alongside agriculture, but not all are convinced

Punjab''s alternative fruit will be sweet when the kinnow is still sour, and with more value

Punjab introduces two summer varieties of mushrooms, traditionally seen as a winter crop

With farmers reluctant to look beyond paddy, diversifying Punjab plans assured price for basmati

Burning crop residue after harvest on the field itself is common in Madhya Pradesh. One may not always get to see the flames

Nearly a third of fruits and vegetables go waste for lack of post-harvesting facilities. The annual loss is Rs 2 lakh crore, a nationwide study estimates.

On the outskirts of Srinagar city, sprawling residential colonies have cropped up over the years.

Population pressure telling on state''s land resources, agri university brings out high-yield options.

The Karnataka Congress suspended its senior legislator from Bengaluru R. Roshan Baig for anti-party activities, a party official said late Tuesday.

Maria Sharapova defeated Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia to make progress in the 2019 Mallorca Open.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday turned 49. Wishes poured in from political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

All analysts are optimistic on the stock, which hasn't seen any downgrade so far

As regional language media consumption soars during the lockdown, social media app ShareChat goes full throttle with brand integrations

Over 90,000 people have been quarantined in the state after the outbreak and this helped control the situation in Chhattisgarh

The industry is at the cusp of a transformation, according to an EY report that came out in the early weeks of the Covid-19 onslaught

With job losses and redundancies looming large, firms have taken to the idea of reskilling their workforce with gusto

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Friday shunted out BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi (in pic) for ‘inept’ handling of the Covid-19 crisis, replacing him with IAS officer Iqbal Singh Chahal (56) who has been secretary with the state urban development department.

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